Aurora Robson exhibit: Creative conservation on display

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchThe works in Aurora Robson's "Sacrifice + Bliss" exhibit at Franklin Park Conservatory are made of unlikely materials — discarded plastic bottles, containers, cardboard, wire, metallic foil and other objects that have become part of the waste stream.Request to buy this photo

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchAphro, made of pieces of industrial plastic drums connected by aluminum rivets, hangs in the Rainforest at Franklin Park Conservatory.Request to buy this photo

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchBe Like Water, hanging in the Grand Atrium, is an all-white cascade made of 80,000 plastic bottle caps and pieces from 9,000 plastic bottles.Request to buy this photo

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchBe Like Water, hanging in the Grand Atrium, is an all-white cascade made of 80,000 plastic bottle caps and pieces from 9,000 plastic bottles.Request to buy this photo

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchBe Like Water, hanging in the Grand Atrium, is an all-white cascade made of 80,000 plastic bottle caps and pieces from 9,000 plastic bottles.Request to buy this photo

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchBe Like Water, hanging in the Grand Atrium, is an all-white cascade made of 80,000 plastic bottle caps and pieces from 9,000 plastic bottles.Request to buy this photo

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchIn the Desert Biome hangs the all-black, spherical sculpture Belch (aka Tarball). It is as if, Robson has said, “The ocean is belching this stuff up onto the beaches, and we’re paying no attention.”Request to buy this photo

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchIn the Desert Biome hangs the all-black, spherical sculpture Belch (aka Tarball). It is as if, Robson has said, “The ocean is belching this stuff up onto the beaches, and we’re paying no attention.”Request to buy this photo

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchIn the Desert Biome hangs the all-black, spherical sculpture Belch (aka Tarball). It is as if, Robson has said, “The ocean is belching this stuff up onto the beaches, and we’re paying no attention.”Request to buy this photo

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchKamilo was made in 2010 from debris washed up at Kamilo Point on the southern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island, one of the dirtiest shorelines in the world.Request to buy this photo

Neal C. Lauron | DispatchKamilo was made in 2010 from debris washed up at Kamilo Point on the southern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island, one of the dirtiest shorelines in the world.Request to buy this photo